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Tennessee's Child Care Deserts

Where Tennessee families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped county by county from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

409,675
Tennessee children under 5
4,054
licensed providers
101
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Benton County — 79 children under 5 per providerBledsoe County — 105 children under 5 per providerCampbell County — 119 children under 5 per providerClay County — 64 children under 5 per providerCoffee County — 87 children under 5 per providerDyer County — 89 children under 5 per providerGrainger County — 93 children under 5 per providerHardeman County — 79 children under 5 per providerHickman County — 187 children under 5 per providerKnox County — 103 children under 5 per providerLoudon County — 138 children under 5 per providerMarshall County — 135 children under 5 per providerMorgan County — 139 children under 5 per providerPolk County — 102 children under 5 per providerScott County — 66 children under 5 per providerUnion County — 88 children under 5 per providerWashington County — 89 children under 5 per providerWhite County — 114 children under 5 per providerWilson County — 97 children under 5 per providerBradley County — 116 children under 5 per providerCarroll County — 94 children under 5 per providerCheatham County — 97 children under 5 per providerClaiborne County — 67 children under 5 per providerCrockett County — 61 children under 5 per providerCumberland County — 115 children under 5 per providerDeKalb County — 151 children under 5 per providerFayette County — 148 children under 5 per providerFentress County — 103 children under 5 per providerGreene County — 102 children under 5 per providerGrundy County — 73 children under 5 per providerHamilton County — 86 children under 5 per providerHancock County — 123 children under 5 per providerHardin County — 113 children under 5 per providerHenderson County — 116 children under 5 per providerHouston County — 94 children under 5 per providerJackson County — 80 children under 5 per providerLake County — 55 children under 5 per providerLewis County — 124 children under 5 per providerMcMinn County — 131 children under 5 per providerMcNairy County — 202 children under 5 per providerMacon County — 124 children under 5 per providerMaury County — 119 children under 5 per providerMontgomery County — 146 children under 5 per providerPerry County — 90 children under 5 per providerPickett County — 104 children under 5 per providerPutnam County — 67 children under 5 per providerAnderson County — 91 children under 5 per providerBedford County — 92 children under 5 per providerRhea County — 121 children under 5 per providerRobertson County — 117 children under 5 per providerRutherford County — 134 children under 5 per providerSevier County — 109 children under 5 per providerStewart County — 110 children under 5 per providerTipton County — 123 children under 5 per providerVan Buren County — 170 children under 5 per providerWarren County — 75 children under 5 per providerBlount County — 107 children under 5 per providerCarter County — 94 children under 5 per providerDavidson County — 114 children under 5 per providerFranklin County — 88 children under 5 per providerHamblen County — 85 children under 5 per providerHaywood County — 193 children under 5 per providerHumphreys County — 116 children under 5 per providerLawrence County — 106 children under 5 per providerMadison County — 96 children under 5 per providerMoore County — 80 children under 5 per providerOverton County — 105 children under 5 per providerRoane County — 152 children under 5 per providerSmith County — 127 children under 5 per providerSumner County — 119 children under 5 per providerWeakley County — 66 children under 5 per providerWilliamson County — 92 children under 5 per providerChester County — 237 children under 5 per providerDecatur County — 57 children under 5 per providerDickson County — 112 children under 5 per providerGibson County — 79 children under 5 per providerGiles County — 66 children under 5 per providerCocke County — 70 children under 5 per providerHawkins County — 108 children under 5 per providerHenry County — 68 children under 5 per providerJefferson County — 108 children under 5 per providerJohnson County — 93 children under 5 per providerLauderdale County — 120 children under 5 per providerLincoln County — 96 children under 5 per providerMarion County — 83 children under 5 per providerMeigs County — 158 children under 5 per providerMonroe County — 124 children under 5 per providerObion County — 76 children under 5 per providerSequatchie County — 113 children under 5 per providerShelby County — 89 children under 5 per providerSullivan County — 82 children under 5 per providerUnicoi County — 119 children under 5 per providerWayne County — 56 children under 5 per providerTrousdale County — 125 children under 5 per providerCannon County — 106 children under 5 per provider

Hover a county for its name and supply number · click a county to see its providers.

No licensed providersOver 124 children per provider113–12495–11281–94Under 80 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Chester9484237
McNairy1,4167202
Haywood9645193
Hickman1,3077187
Van Buren3412170
Meigs6334158
Roane2,43216152
DeKalb1,51310151
Fayette2,07314148
Montgomery18,078124146
Morgan9717139
Loudon2,62419138

Methodology & sources

Demand: children under 5 by county, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. Supply: licensed child care providers from the Tennessee Department of Human Services, placed to counties by the state's county field; the ratio counts providers, not licensed capacity. Childcare Alerts is an independent service, not affiliated with any state agency. See every state's map.